In the final of SEA Games 31, U23 Vietnam is rewarded with 1 billion dong

U23 Vietnam gets a hot bonus of 1 billion dong

Last night, May 19, during the 90 minutes of the match, U23 Vietnam could not penetrate the Malaysian U23 defense. Both teams were forced to enter extra time.

In the 111th minute of the second extra time, the striker Tien Linh headed dangerously to score the only goal of the match, bringing U23 Vietnam to the final.

The moment Tien Linh headed to score for Vietnam.

After this match, on behalf of the VFF Executive Committee, Acting President Tran Quoc Tuan congratulated the achievements of U23 Vietnam and praised the team’s competitive spirit in the tense semi-final against U23. Malaysia.

He wished the team good health and continued to focus on the final match against Thailand U23 on May 22 at My Dinh Stadium (Hanoi). With the achievement of reaching the final, VFF also decided to award 1 billion VND to coach Park Hang Seo’s teachers and students.

What did Coach Park say to stimulate Tien Linh?

Before entering extra time with Malaysia on the evening of May 19, coach Park Hang-seo called on striker Nguyen Tien Linh and his teammates to fight for the spirit of Vietnam.

“At the break before extra time, Coach Park said a few sentences to encourage the whole team. I remember the sentence ‘Let’s try to fight for the colors of the Vietnamese flag'”. Striker Tien Linh said after the 1-0 victory at Viet Tri Stadium in the semi-finals Sea Games thirty first.

The player born in 1997, after finishing the match, also thanked the fans on the Viet Tri field for enthusiastically cheering for the U23 Vietnam team in a difficult 120-minute match with U23 Malaysia.

I said: “I would like to dedicate the goal to all the fans who stayed to cheer and watch U23 Vietnam. In the immediate future, there is a final, the whole team will try their best to keep the gold medal.”

Talking about the upcoming final against Thailand U23, Tien Linh shared:The whole team put in a lot of energy today. In the immediate future, the Thai U23 opponent promises to be much more difficult. Hopefully in the next two days, the whole team will recover well to give their best and win for the fans.”

After 17 years, Vietnam will meet Thailand again in the SEA Games final

Thus, despite being rivals with many predestined relationships, it has been 17 years since Vietnam and Thailand have faced each other in a SEA Games final.

Both U23 Vietnam and U23 Thailand needed extra time to beat Malaysia and Indonesia in the semi-finals (with the same score of 1-0). Although those are hard victories, their winning ticket to the next round is what was predicted before the 31st SEA Games started.

The upcoming final is also forecasted to be very interesting and thrilling when the two football fields of Vietnam and Thailand both have many predestined relationships. This is the 5th time, football Vietnam and Thailand have faced each other at the SEA Games finals since 1995.

Confrontations at previous SEA Games finals between Vietnam and Thailand – Graphics: Tuoi Tre

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According to Vietnamnet